Written by Aaron Sorkin, so it should be pretty good. This is the same guy that wrote A Few Good Men, Malice, The American President and Charlie Wilson's War. He also wrote the TV shows Sports Night, The West Wing and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
I know Facebook sucks, but I'm still really looking forward to this one.
Edit: Btw, I love the remake of Creep that plays during the clip.
Honestly, it looks like a movie gloating about how awesome and great Mark Zuckerberg is.
I won't be seeing this movie.
Exactly, looks like a vanity piece or a promotional film more than anything. Also, it seems way too early to make a film/biopic about something that is relatively recent.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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Actually from what I've understood the Facebook camp wasn't in love with the movie nor the book 'Accidental Billionaires' and wouldn't interview for Sorkin or book's author.
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Man I miss that show. That exact scene was one of my favorites, along with the one where the President asked someone if they thought the terrorists just took the day off on Y2K, or if maybe the intelligence community isn't as terrible as everyone thinks.
If only real politicians were like Sorkin's politicians...
Exactly, looks like a vanity piece or a promotional film more than anything. Also, it seems way too early to make a film/biopic about something that is relatively recent.
Word is that this movie makes Zuckerberg look quite bad. Facebook isn't supporting this film at all. Anyway, I would probably pass on this film except that Trent Reznor is doing the score, so instead I'm really excited for it.
If ya'll are so happy at Trent Reznor doing the music for the film, why don't you just wait to get the soundtrack? What are you going to do during the film? Wait until the music starts then cheer?
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If ya'll are so happy at Trent Reznor doing the music for the film, why don't you just wait to get the soundtrack? What are you going to do during the film? Wait until the music starts then cheer?
lol
I will get the soundtrack, but it will also be interesting to see how it ties in with the film.
Really looking forward to this flick. Fincher usually does solid movies. I don't think it's gonn glorify the Facebook guys at all. Sounds like they're not happy bout the film
The Social Network is the movie of the year. If Coppola were into computers, this would be The Godfather. Should I have gone with Scorsese and Goodfellas? I think it’s the cooler reference but The Godfather is more legendary and Social Network deserves the comparison.
That the particulars of Zuckerberg’s life and business practices remain the subject of intense debate in no way diminishes the importance of “The Social Network,” which has an uncommonly perceptive, razor-sharp script by Aaron Sorkin (“The West Wing”). It’s the finest film in many years to open the New York Film Festival
"Social" has the potential to be that rarity -- a film that gains critical laurels and award mentions yet also does killer boxoffice. Certainly, Sorkin, the film's director, David Fincher, and its heavyweight producers have crafted a smart, insightful film that satisfies both camps. The hook is the film's of-the-moment topic but the payoff is its hero. Or antihero or villain or whatever.
They'll call it a film that defines a generation, and it's hard to tell whether or not that's a good thing. With The Social Network, director David Fincher and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin turn some fairly dry, nerdy content about fairly dry, nerdy characters into one of the must-see films of the year, and they don't waste any time getting right to it. The film opens with what will go down as one of the great break-up scenes of all time, and from there Fincher rides Sorkin's hilariously addictive script like a wild bull at a rodeo.
Moving like a speedboat across two hours of near-nonstop talk, scribe Aaron Sorkin's blow-by-blow deconstruction of how Harvard computer whiz Mark Zuckerberg (and friends) stumbled on a multibillion-dollar phenomenon continues Fincher's fascinating transition from genre filmmaker extraordinaire to indelible chronicler of our times.
The story of the virtually accidental birth of Facebook and the subsequent (and continuing) squabbling over the identity of its actual parents, “The Social Network” is a knock-out—on a first viewing, it seems almost indecently smart, funny and sexy. The second time around, with the witty intelligence of Aaron Sorkin’s script and the electrifying verve of David Fincher’s direction no longer a surprise, half the time I sat there marveling at the similarities of the story, themes and structure to “Citizen Kane.”
With a thieves den of borderline-Shakespearian characters, a wickedly literate screenplay, potent direction by David Fincher, an exceptional ensemble cast and subject matter that speaks to a generation and well beyond, The Social Network is mesmerizing.
As socially significant to this generation as films like Network, All The President's Men and The Graduate were in their own time, Aaron Sorkin's stunning, biting and richly detailed screenplay trades on actual court depositions to frame the story of how Zuckerberg "created" what was then known as The Facebook, the social network that would later make My Space about as relevant as an eight track player.
The Social Network: Movie of the Year?
